US 11,656,414 B2
Multiports and other devices having connection ports with securing features and methods of making the same
Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Avon (FR); Robert Bruce Elkins, II, Hickory, NC (US); Joel Christopher Rosson, Hickory, NC (US); Dayne Wilcox, El Cerrito, CA (US); Michael Wimmer, Berlin (DE); Shane C. Woody, Mooresville, NC (US); and Zhiye Zhang, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/662,165.
Application 16/662,165 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/064092, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/526,195, filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/526,011, filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/526,018, filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0057224 A1, Feb. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3879 (2013.01) [G02B 6/387 (2013.01); G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3826 (2013.01); G02B 6/3831 (2013.01); G02B 6/3851 (2013.01); G02B 6/3869 (2013.01); G02B 6/3873 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/381 (2013.01); G02B 6/389 (2013.01); G02B 6/3821 (2013.01); G02B 6/3837 (2013.01); G02B 6/3841 (2013.01); G02B 6/3843 (2013.01); G02B 6/3849 (2013.01); G02B 6/3871 (2013.01); G02B 6/3887 (2013.01); G02B 6/3889 (2013.01); G02B 6/3893 (2013.01); G02B 6/3895 (2013.01); G02B 6/3897 (2013.01); G02B 6/4262 (2013.01); G02B 6/4401 (2013.01); G02B 6/4446 (2013.01); G02B 6/4471 (2013.01); G02B 6/4472 (2013.01); G02B 6/4477 (2013.01); G02B 6/4479 (2013.01)] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multiport for making optical connections, comprising:
a shell defining a cavity;
at least one connection port comprising an optical connector opening extending from an outer surface of the multiport into the cavity and defining a connection port passageway, wherein the at least one connection port is a portion of the shell;
a securing feature passageway, wherein the securing feature passageway is a portion of the shell; and
at least one securing feature associated with the at least one connection port passageway, and the at least one securing feature comprises a bore and a locking feature, wherein the at least one securing feature is disposed within a portion of the securing feature passageway, and the at least one securing feature is capable of translating within a portion of the at least one securing feature passageway wherein the at least one securing feature translates from a retain position to an open position as a suitable fiber optic connector is inserted into the at least one connection port.